http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/04/30/science-technology-and-economic-development/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/04/30/science-technology-and-economic-development/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Barry Featherman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:23:50 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=334#comment-195 Dear Mr. Cohen: Thank you for an excellent article. The President’s commitment to investing more in science needs to be part of our national strategy. In fact it needs to be part of an overall international strategy to help of both clean up the dangers of global climate change and just as importantly develop new innovative technologies that will improve quality of life for all of our global citizens. This article is also most relevant to the upcoming election of a new Director General for UNESCO. Given that Science ranks as the single largest component of the institution’s budget, UNESCO can be a catalyst for advancing technological gains though science education on a global basis. Ivonne Baki who is emerging as the consensus candidate to serve as the next Director General of UNESCO has been a leading champion of investment in science education both at the governmental level and also by the private sector. If she prevails, it will be an exciting time for new innovation coming out of the multilaterals as well as the U.S. Government.

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